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Lift heavy sh**!

“It was tough playing sports, having a period and from a young age of 15, I was having a lot of problems, like endometriosis. For those of you that don't know, you get all sorts of symptoms - heavy, bleeding, painful cramps.”

Episode summary:

• Tech, travel, triathlon – why a full-time job is no excuse not to go IRONMAN!
• “Women aren’t small men” - how can you work with rather than against your cycle?
• Trust your body – what if it does not agree with your doctors?
• Endometriosis, perimenopause, hysterectomy? Don’t worry, we’ll enlighten you what all that means!

In more words:

Some would say that juggling a full-time job - one which entails a crazy amount of business travel - and serious athletic ambitions is admirable enough. Swim-bike-running Ironmans while battered by nausea and severe cramps is yet another level of willingness to suffer.

Triathlete April Yoho (formerly Edwards) has been suffering from endometriosis since a young age. But all hell broke loose when she stopped taking “the pill” to regain her natural cycle and train according to it. What followed was a long medical journey full of dead-ends and doctors who were big on “I-know-better-than-you” and less generous with empathy.

Listen to this power woman chat about her work in tech, relocating to the UK for a better quality of life, body type myths when it comes to who can be a triathlete, and battling endometriosis all the while "lifting heavy sh**" (a reference to Stacy Sims' book "ROAR").

You can contact April here.

Mentioned in this episode:

• April’s blog post we discussed in the episode
• Dave Scott (triathlete)
• Ironman Triathlon – a series of long-distance triathlon races, the most famous one being held in Kona, Hawaii
• Stacy Sims, author of the mentioned book “Roar” & many more

A few medical terms that we discussed:

• Endometriosis - medical condition
• Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) - a form of hormone therapy used to treat symptoms associated with female menopause
• Hysterectomy - surgical removal of the uterus and cervix
• Intrauterine device (IUD) - a birth control device that is inserted into the uterus to prevent pregnancy
• Perimenopause - transition phase leading up to menopause
• Tubal Ligation (commonly known as having one's "tubes tied") - surgical procedure for female sterilization
• Vasectomy - surgical procedure fo

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